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BALL, James Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX132956 |
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Enlisted: | 10 December 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 3 May 1916 |
Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Truck Driver for father's Produce Merchant business. |
Died: | Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Borneo, 6 July 1945, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Burial Reference: - Plot 13. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription: - "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN. HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX132956 | |
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10 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX132956, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
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